9-letter words containing e, g, u
- irregular — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.
- isogenous — of the same or similar origin, as parts derived from the same or corresponding tissues of the embryo.
- iudgement — Obsolete spelling of judgement.
- jelutongs — Plural form of jelutong.
- jitterbug — a strenuously acrobatic dance consisting of a few standardized steps augmented by twirls, splits, somersaults, etc., popular especially in the early 1940s and performed chiefly to boogie-woogie and swing.
- jongleurs — Plural form of jongleur.
- juddering — Present participle of judder.
- judgeable — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
- judgeless — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
- judgelike — Resembling a judge or some aspect of one.
- judgement — an act or instance of judging.
- judgeship — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
- judgments — Plural form of judgment.
- jug-eared — having ears (jug ears) that stick out from the head resembling the way that a handle sticks out from a jug
- jugginses — Plural form of juggins.
- juneating — an early-season apple
- junglegym — climbing frame for children
- junketing — Present participle of junket.
- keansburg — a town in E New Jersey.
- kerguelen — an archipelago in the S Indian Ocean: a possession of France. 2394 sq. mi. (6200 sq. km).
- kien lung — Ch'ien Lung.
- kugelhopf — a sweetened bread, flavored with raisins and almonds, baked in a ring-shaped mold, and usually dusted with powdered sugar before serving.
- l-glucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- langouste — spiny lobster.
- langrenus — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 85 miles (135 km) in diameter.
- languaged — Having a specified type or number of languages.
- languages — Plural form of language.
- languedoc — a former province in S France. Capital: Toulouse.
- languette — a thin plate fastened to the mouth of certain organ pipes.
- lauenburg — a region in Schleswig-Holstein, in NW Germany: duchy under German rulers 1260–1689; later part of Prussia.
- laughable — such as to cause laughter; funny; amusing; ludicrous.
- laughline — a wrinkle near the outer corner of the eye, as if left from smiling or laughing
- laughsome — (rare) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.
- laughters — the action or sound of laughing.
- lautering — The step or process in brewing beer which separates the mash into clear liquid wort and grain.
- leaguered — to besiege.
- lecturing — Present participle of lecture.
- lee gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
- leg stump — either of the outside stumps at which the batsman takes his position.
- lengthful — long
- les gueux — a league of Dutch and Flemish patriots, composed chiefly of nobles and formed in 1566 to resist the introduction of the Spanish Inquisition into the Netherlands.
- lewis gun — a light, air-cooled, gas-operated machine gun with a circular magazine, first used in World War I.
- lie group — a topological group that is a manifold.
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.
- limburger — a variety of soft white cheese of strong odor and flavor.
- lingulate — formed like a tongue; ligulate.
- litterbug — a person who litters public places with items of refuse: Litterbugs had thrown beer cans on the picnic grounds.
- liturgies — Plural form of liturgy.
- lobengula — ?1836–94, last Matabele king (1870–93); his kingdom was destroyed by the British